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April 2, 2002
 
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Relax to conceive?
Washington Post,
Apr. 2, Pg. F01 – Research shows that reducing stress may improve fertility. Alice Domar of Harvard Medical School is leading the research in answering the question, “Can pregnancy rates increase by decreasing distress before IVF treatments begin?”  UCSD research led by Hillary Klonoff-Cohen published in the October 2001 issue of Fertility and Sterility supports Domar’s theory. 
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‘CyberShuttle’ offers wireless internet access to UC-San Diego Commuters
Chronicle of Higher Education,
Apr. 2 -- UCSD researchers unveiled high-speed wireless Internet service while riding a bus yesterday. Researchers worked with experimental equipment from Qualcomm to unite two different wireless technologies. (Quotes UCSD assistant vice chancellor for Administrative Computing & Telecommunications Elazar Harel and Cal –(IT)2 director Ramesh Rao).
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UCSD bus riders make speedy Net connection
San Diego Union Tribune, Apr. 2
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Bus riders make speedy net connection
Copley News Service,
Apr. 2
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Earth data screened as 3-D wall to wall images
Environmental News Service,
Apr. 1 – Feature on UCSD’s Visualization Center.  Quotes Cal -(IT)2 director Larry Smarr and Scripps Institution of Oceanography director of the Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics John Orcutt).
http://ens-news.com/ens/apr2002/2002L-04-01-02.html

How do deep-diving sea creatures withstand huge pressure changes?
Scientific American.com,
Ask the experts, Apr. 1 – Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers Paul J. Ponganis and Gerald L. Kooyman explain how deep-diving sea creatures withstand pressure changes.
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UCSD professor among 3 finalists for post of poet laureate
Copley News Service,
Apr. 1 –UCSD professor Quincy Troupe is one of three finalists in the running to become California’s first official poet laureate.
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On the move

San Diego Union Tribune,
Diane Bell Column, Apr. 2 – UCSD sponsors a lecture by associate California Supreme Court Justice Carlos R. Moreno on Friday as part of a month long campus celebration of the life of Cesar Chavez.  The finale will be an April 30 lecture by Dolores Huerta.
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